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“We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character.”
― He Who Whispers
― He Who Whispers
“My only claim to distinction among writers is that I do not believe my life contains any materials for a novel. I have prowled around Limehouse and the gamiest sections of Paris, but I have never yet seen (a) a really choice murder in a locked room, (b) a mysterious mastermind or (c) a really good‐looking adventuress with slant eyes.”
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“Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris?
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.”
― The Complete Poems
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.”
― The Complete Poems
“I have committed another crime, Hadley,' he said. 'I have guessed the truth again.”
― The Three Coffins
― The Three Coffins
“In perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale. (Forever and ever, brother, hail and farewell.)”
― The Complete Poems
― The Complete Poems
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